Chief Architect

The Chief Architect is responsible for developing the enterprise architecture for the company's entire suite of products. This position defines and leads highly complex initiatives that require in-depth knowledge across the architectural domain of company products. The Chief Architect has organizational influence to drive long-term and cohesive cloud platform strategies which provide specific business value and competitive advantage.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Provide technical leadership in the development and deployment of architecture vision and strategies across the company's entire portfolio
• Lead and facilitate the creation of governing principles to guide enterprise architecture decision making
• Develop architecture strategies to maintain consistency, integrity, and maintainability across the product suite
• Review and approve product architectures for new systems and integrations
• Lead the development and execution of a communication and education plan for the organizations architects
• Lead the business-wide technical and business discussions relative to future enterprise design platform direction
• Lead teams of other business, technical, and enterprise architects in designing and developing new solutions
• Define principles that guide technology decisions and the relationships between enterprise business context and specified technology
• Create strategic vision and collaborate with executive management to define and ensure success of strategy in alignment with organizational objectives
• Oversee the development of future leaders and assist in identifying leadership potential within the team that aligns with the people strategy
• Act as a strategic influencer to internal and external peers, industry groups, and/or customers
• Serve as the final escalation point for highest priority issues; provide direction and guidance to assist with resolution of issues
• Work closely with appropriate stakeholders and business leaders to ensure success to drive collaborative work across departments

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• 15+ years of experience in related field
• Minimum 10 years prior experience in agile and scrum methodologies.
• Experienced in the use of metrics to drive high velocity of outcomes while ensuring that all outcomes meet the definition of done
• Expert level experience with continuous software delivery
• Expert level experience with data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Expert level experience in understanding and application of software design, design patterns, architecture patterns, and quality attributes
• Expert level knowledge and application of modern software development lifecycle processes from product conception through deployment
• Exceptional problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills
• Exceptional collaboration skills, applied successfully within a team as well as other areas
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in communicating with customers a must
• Ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Exceptional ability to self-motivate and direct
• Superior analytical, evaluative and problem-solving skills
• Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Entrepreneurial personality strong sense of urgency
• Enthusiasm and ability to mentor less experienced team members
• Bachelor degree in a technical field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.